He had gotten her drift, then; she smiled daintily at his chuckling. And she ought not to be so eager to agree, for she did not want to look like she was angling for privacy (she was angling for privacy), but she kept her arm on his to be escorted and fanned herself with her other gloved hand, in case anyone happened to be watching.
Ladies felt faint all the time, it was fine.
“The gardens would be lovely,” Jemima agreed, her pulse picking up rapidly enough that she might begin to feel faint if it kept on that way. “If the flowers inside are any indication, I suppose the garden will be awfully picturesque,” she commented, just to fill the silence with idle chatter. (She knew perfectly well she was not going to be looking at the flowers.)
Ladies felt faint all the time, it was fine.
“The gardens would be lovely,” Jemima agreed, her pulse picking up rapidly enough that she might begin to feel faint if it kept on that way. “If the flowers inside are any indication, I suppose the garden will be awfully picturesque,” she commented, just to fill the silence with idle chatter. (She knew perfectly well she was not going to be looking at the flowers.)
